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School Info

We invite you to be our guest and discover the array of educational, clinical and research opportunities that await you at Emory University School of Medicine. With 150 years of experience in medical education, Emory is home to a vibrant community of students, faculty, staff, partnerships, and affiliates- in the heart of Atlanta. Our programs of study are designed to educate competent, caring and compassionate clinicians and scientists for the service and advancement of healthcare, both locally and around the world.

Curriculum

Focusing on small-group learning and increased interaction with faculty, students are immersed in clinical experience from the very beginning. A multitude of clinical sites provide students with extensive training in patient care, including an Outpatient Experience that begins early in the first year. A 5-month Discovery period allows time for clinical or bench research, international experience, or other academic inquiry.

Facilities

The Medical Education Building on the Clifton Corridor was opened in 2007. Costing in excess of $60 million, this 162,000 square-foot environmentally “green” structure incorporates the historic facades of the school’s original Anatomy and Physiology Buildings, but also contains state-of-the-art classroom, laboratory, and study space that serves as a model for 21st Century scientific and medical education.
Emory SOM is affiliated with multiple institutions including Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University Hospital, Emory Midtown Hospital, Egleston Children's Hospital at Emory University, Wesley Woods Geriatric Center, and Atlanta VA Hospital.

"Ask students which lunch they would prefer - chicken/roast beef/veggie - before they arrive. I was last in the lunch line and I got stuck with a no-protein vegetarian sandwich."
-Posted 10/04/2010 |
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"Be quicker about letting people know whether or not they've been accepted, waitlisted, or rejected. Also the financial aid they want you to complete before they let you know whether you've been accepted or not on collegeboard.com costs $25!"
-Posted 02/16/2010 |
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"Group: Tell me about your family; greatest accomplishment (non-medical); what you do to relax; go back in time, what'd you change or do differently; one thing/trait your friends would change about you; career you'd pursue if medicine were not an option."
-Posted 10/24/2009 |
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"You do a one on one interview and then a group interview. The group interviewers dont have your mcat or gpa, only your amcas essay and some basic demographic information. Each interviewer asks each interviewee a question(you will be asked in different orders though)...and for me none of us got the same question, all specific to us. "
-Posted 09/28/2009 |
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"Group: Tell me about yourself (hometown, school, current job, family)
Individual: What qualities/characteristics should a good physician have? "
-Posted 12/10/2008 |
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"One-on-one: Why medicine?
Group: Where are you from, how did you choose your undergrad/was it a good choice for you, why are you interested in Emory?"
-Posted 11/13/2008 |
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"(Group) Tell me about yourself
(Individual) Stuff about my AMCAS essay
- both interviewers only see your essays..nothing else on AMCAS...well not at the time of the interview"
-Posted 10/09/2006 |
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"expect to be asked about your essay...especially how your experiences affected your choice to enter medical field, what it taught you about medicine, etc"
-Posted 11/19/2003 |
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"In our group interview, each of us mentioned the importance of contributing to the community, so one of our interviewers asked us how we planned to build a sense of community with patients who did not share our background (racial/ethnic/socioeconomic/geographic)."
-Posted 10/04/2010 |
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"If a thoracic surgeon visited his patients prior to surgery and read from his bible to try and "save" them in case any troubles arose how would you respond?""
-Posted 01/25/2010 |
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"One year, unlimited money, what would you do? I loved this question because it allowed me to talk about an interest of mine that I haven't been able to pursue."
-Posted 01/13/2009 |
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"Group interview: What is your greatest accomplishment?
Individual interview: Do you think health care is a human right? Explain. "
-Posted 12/10/2008 |
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"Give an example of something science/medicine can't undo. (Basically, I had questions pulled from my PS. I had to explain/defend sentences or themes in my PS, so read yours before you go!)"
-Posted 10/08/2007 |
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"If a family event conflicted with patient care, how would you handle it? Excellent question, not sure if there's ever a good answer though..."
-Posted 10/28/2006 |
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"Do you believe there is a monetary limit to the amount we can do for a patient? Do we need to ration medical services?"
-Posted 10/28/2006 |
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"You've pursued many different activities and had a wide variety of experiences. How can we be sure that you are committed medicine?"
-Posted 11/18/2005 |
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"If you were an ER doctor, and you had a prison inmate (convicted of rape and murder) come in by an ambulance for a serious condition, how would you treat the prisoner?"
-Posted 11/11/2005 |
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"How would you rate the values: integrity, intelligence and compassion with respect to a physician?. Which is most important to you and why?"
-Posted 10/18/2004 |
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"see the post directly above (it's me again... i forgot to say some things :)... We also had a one-on-one interview in addition to the group panel (see questions below)"
-Posted 02/19/2004 |
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"Nothing really. Emory is my undergrad institution so one of the interviewers in the panel interview asked to explan why the other applicants should go to Emory."
-Posted 01/05/2004 |
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"How do you plan to take care of your emotional/personal needs during medical school and medical practice with such strenuous demands? (during individual interview)"
-Posted 10/30/2003 |
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"You worked with Habitat for Humanity in college. Explain to me why working for that organization isn't just the same as giving handouts to poor folks."
-Posted 10/20/2003 |
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"do you think you're gonna have this same idealism once you get into the thick of practice? esp. in light of all the changes in medicine that make it a big pain"
-Posted 02/05/2003 |
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"If a lifesaving medicine were available for a patient with an otherwise terminal cancer, and they refused treatment on religious grounds, what would you do?"
-Posted 12/08/2002 |
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"Do you think physicians have the ability to measure the human soul? (It was a question related to my statement... don't worry, probably nobody else will get this one)"
-Posted 11/11/2002 |
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"why do you think some people perceive doctors as stressed out and unhappy? how will you try and prevent yourself from becoming like that?"
-Posted 11/04/2002 |
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"If there were an old, established family practice physician you joined in rural Georgia whose medical techniques were 20 years behind the times, how would you address the problem?"
-Posted 10/21/2002 |
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What do you like most about this school?

"The clinical education is phenomenal! We rotate through 7 different hospitals (Emory Main, Emory Midtown, Grady, VA, Hughs Spalding, Piedmont and Children's) with world class training. We don't have to leave Atlanta for clinicals, as everything is here!"
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